World Extermination is the only studio album by American grindcore band Insect Warfare, released on September 10, 2007, through 625 Thrashcore Records. It was later reissued by Earache Records on March 2, 2009.

Critical reception

World Extermination was acclaimed upon release, and is considered an essential grindcore album. In December 2009, Terrorizer ranked the album at number 46 on their "Albums of the Decade" list. The album was inducted into Decibel magazine's "Hall of Fame" in November 2023.

World Extermination

Track listing

Oxygen Corrosion - 00:53

Self Termination - 01:25

Enslaved By Machinery - 01:08

Manipulator - 01:49

Zone Killer - 00:20

Decontamination - 01:09

Street Sweeper - 00:13

Dead Inside - 01:01

Human Trafficking - 01:19

Hydraphobia - 01:36

Mind Ripper - 01:21

Armored Virus - 01:20

Mass Communication Mindfuck - 01:19

Nuclear Deterrence - 01:20

Paranoia - 01:18

Necessary Death - 00:51

Protection Maze - 00:54

Lobotomized - 01:18

Internet Era Alienation - 00:42

Evolved Into Obliteration - 01:12

Personnel

Personnel per liner notes.

World Extermination

Insect Warfare

Rahi Geramifar – vocals

Beau Beasley – guitars, noise pedals

Dobber Beverly – drums

Artwork

Daniel Shaw – cover artwork

Tom Tripplet – back photo

References

Grindcore albums

Grindcore albums by American artists

Earache Records albums

2007 debut albums

World Extermination